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CraveOnline: Have you heard from Elijah Wood yet since your “Colbert Report” appearance?Daniel Radcliffe: Since
I called him out? No, I don’t know that he has a means of contacting
me. Actually, he does because he could always get in contact with Alex
Aja who produced him in Maniac and directed Horns that I did. So if we want to set this up, there is a connection. Maybe Alex could act as my promoter.

You had a great scene with David Rasche as the dean. Have you seen “Sledge Hammer?”
No,
I haven’t. Somebody was telling me about this. I think maybe John
Krokidas, our director, was telling me about it when he was on set
because I recognized him from a lot of stuff. Of course, In the Loop.
He’s brilliant in that. He’s got a dry sense of humor. He’s great, very
dry, obviously a brilliant improviser. In fact, maybe you’ll have to
check with John or Dane, but a lot of the scene where he is reaming Dane
out in the dean’s office, a lot of that dialogue was improvised I think
and it’s worthy stuff. It was just rolling out of him, it was great.

Can we confirm that Allen Ginsberg would dance around his house with a broom?
You
know what, I think if the radio was on, he would’ve. That was one of
those scenes that was quite odd because we filmed it listening to “Ain’t
Nobody Here But Us Chickens” by Louis Jordan and as we were doing it, I
kind of knew that that probably wouldn’t be the song that was used in
the movie because I don’t think it was quite period appropriate. So I
was trying to dance to the music but also trying to dance so that it
could fit with any music.

How did you like using an old school typewriter?
Okay,
I liked it. Mine isn’t the best example. The keys were sticking a lot.
It was great but I think if I’d actually been asked to write something
on it, I would’ve been getting pretty frustrated, but they are beautiful
things. That’s one of the things. I got one pair of Ginsberg’s glasses
from this movie and I took a typewriter, so I do have one at home
because they’re just beautiful old machines. I love anything well made
like that.

Are casting agents eager to see you in different sorts of roles at this point?
I
think so. They certainly seem to be. They certainly seem to be giving
me opportunities at least to show that I can do other things. Thus far,
I’m pleased to say that it hasn’t been a problem. I think it’s just
about showing willingness really. If you show that you’re willing to
take risks and do other stuff, then I think people will continue to
hopefully give me those opportunities.

Did you have to fight for this role or any of the other roles you’ve played since Harry Potter?
This and Horns were
definitely ones. I auditioned for this and it was a sort of on and off
again project for quite a while due to the financing of the film. I
definitely had to prove myself for this one and actually for Horns as
well just because I think initially, Alex had envisioned the character
being maybe five years older than I am. So I definitely had to get into
those meetings and convince him that I was the right man for the job.

I got to see Horns in Toronto.
Oh, cool.

Was it nice to do a film based on a book that wasn’t as scrutinized as Harry Potter?
Yes, certainly, although I have to say, every book has a following. Nothing’s as big as Harry Potter but
that book was still a New York Times bestseller for a long time and so
you still definitely have the weight of expectations behind you and
you’re aware, oh God, how are people are going to react to that? You
always have to change stuff in an adaptation and you always have to make
things more concise for a film. So it wasn’t something I particularly
worried about.

I did not get to see The F Word in Toronto. What different things can we expect from you in that movie?
I
think in that film, no one’s ever really seen me in a romantic comedy
before and I think it’s a really, really good example of the genre. It’s
very, very smart and really funny, and actually I think men will like
it, which I think is something that doesn’t always happen in romantic
comedies. I’m looking forward to people seeing it. It’s a lot of me
messing around, being stupid and playing a character that is much more
similar to myself than anything I’ve done before.

They announced that J.K. Rowling is writing another movie, and there might also be a Quidditch movie.
Really? What’s the Quidditch movie? I haven’t heard about that one.

That
came after the prequel announcement. Another spinoff movie could deal
with Quidditch. I could imagine a Quidditch movie as a sports movie in
that world.
Yeah, maybe.

Do you think they will eventually come back to Harry at some point?
I
have no idea. I don’t try and second guess what Jo Rowling’s going to
do. I have no idea to be honest. I know I’m not involved with these ones
but I have no knowledge that I can impart I’m afraid.

My favorite Potter movie is Prisoner of Azkaban which the die hard fans hate me for because of some of the changes they made.
Really? I think a lot of people’s favorite movie is the third one.

It
has to do with the Marauder’s Map which Professor Lupin read and they
didn’t explain in the movie how he could read it. There’s a different
explanation in the book. Where do you stand on that issue?
I
have no idea. I literally don’t know. I can’t remember the moment in
the book. I wasn’t involved in the adaptations. I was 14 when that film
was made so there was nobody coming to me consulting me about what I
thought. I’ll have to look that up and find out what the controversy was
because I wasn’t aware of it.

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